Articles related to "Morris Dancing"

Despite its long history, the Morris dance of today owes its survival to the work of Cecil Sharp and the English folk music revival at the beginning of the 20th century.

Although less well known than the traditional Morris dance, the linked sword dance has a far reaching history and is still practiced by several teams today.

When Elizabethan playwrights found the public loved gruesome tales of revenge, they embarked on a new genre. And it became a monster...